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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Theocracy

/thē-äk'-rəs-ē/ · The·oc·ra·cy · IPA /θiːˈɒkɹəsi/
01 n. Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as represe…
  1. 1.
    Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
  2. 2.
    The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.